by Sara Bonisteel
The horror! The horror! There's playing with your food, and then there's creating a culinary monstrosity. We've compiled a few of our favorite dishes, including the Garbage Plate, that while creative, are sure to make you queasy. Hot-dog-and-french-fry pizza anyone?
Food Abominations
The 15-Pound Cheeseburger
He KO'd the Italian ... but can he demolish this 15-pound cheeseburger? That's heartache and burn waiting to happen for lovers of these mega burgers used by pubs to generate publicity. But Brad Sciullo of Uniontown, Pa., was able to do just that at Denny's Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, Pa., in the autumn of 2008. And it only took him 4 hours and 39 minutes. Lover of abominations, we salute you!
AP
The McNugget Cheeseburger
Mmmm .... McNuggets! But when added to a McDonald's cheeseburger, they enter the realm of Franken-Hamburglar. For some reason lovers of the Golden Arches like to play mash up with their Happy Meals. The latest incarnation -- a mix between a double cheeseburger and a McChicken sandwich -- well, we dare not speak its name.
slice/flickr
Deep-Fried Cheesecake
The first of the deep-fried abominations on our list. Believe you me that the deep-fried cheesecake sounds kind of yummy in theory ... it is fried cheese after all. It's unclear who invented this bad boy, literally a slice of cheesecake that takes the hot oil dip, but be warned: Unless that cheesecake is cold in the inside, you're gonna be crying in the mush that could have been a decent dessert.
biwook/flickr
Deep-Fried Candy Bars
The first Mars bar is said to have been fried 14 years ago at an Aberdeen pub. Be they Mars, Snickers or something else, these staples of Scotland and the State Fair make the list because there is just something wrong about deep-frying chocolate.
nexus_icon/flickr
Deep Fried Coke
We're pretty sure those are dough balls covered in Coca-Cola syrup in this State Fair staple. Why oh why someone wants to harness the power of Coke and then deep fry it is a mystery.
iandavid, flickr
Deep-Fried Cookie Dough
This is a relative newcomer to the State Fair menu in the vendors constant quest to out-fry one another. Cookie dough ice cream? Heck yes! Fried cookie dough? Heck no! That's a cookie, people.
locurto/flickr
French Fry-Hot Dog Pizza
Fans of this abomination say it's a wiener, but this concoction made in Brooklyn, N.Y., makes the list because fast foods should never mix. Though we suppose those people who eat at the combination Taco Bell-Pizza Hut are tempted to put bread sticks in their seven-layer burritos. Go ahead, run for the abomination border!
slice/flickr
Garbage Plate
Nick Tahou Hots is a Rochester, N.Y., after-party institution. And what put it on the map is the Garbage Plate -- upstate New York's ode to recycling. But don't listen to us. Let them tell you: "We start with a base of any combination of home fries, macaroni salad, baked beans, or french fries topped by your choice of meats and dressed to your liking with spicy mustard, chopped onions, and our signature Nick Tahou's hot sauce. Each plate comes with two thick slices of fresh Italian bread and butter." It's up to you to become the garbage disposal.
sjmcdonough/flickr
The Original Clamato Tortilla Chips
That's right! The Original Clamato Tortilla Chips "have the same unique, zesty flavor that you've come to love from Clamato®. With invigorating taste in every bite, you can liven up your day with new Clamato™ Tortilla Chips!" They've been discontinued after a brief stint languishing in the vending machines of Dunder-Mifflin.
FredoAlvarez, flickr
Animated Fresh Pork Country Style Sausage
Butchers around the country have tried to make it fun to eat this delicious country-style sausage by giving it the face of the pig you may be eating. Porky Pig is not amused. "That's all folks!"
teresa, flickr
